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Basic facts about the Twin Tower and the hijackers.

The terrible day of September 11, 2001 is a day that would be remembered forever. Two flights took off that day from Logan Airport, Flight 175 and Flight 11. Only the hijackers on the plane realized the terrible tragedy and the deaths of the people that were upon them. The names of the hijackers on Flight 175 were Marwan al-Shehhi, Fayez Banihammad, Mohand al- Shehri, Hamza-al Ghamdi. They hijacked and crashed into the South Tower. Flight hit the North Tower. The names of those hijackers were Mohamed Atta, Waleed al- Shehri, Wail al- Shehri, Abdulaziz al- Omari, Satam al- Saqami. Those two planes caused 2,752 deaths. 19 hijackers died, 343 firefighters, 60 police officers, and the rest were people in the building. Both 110 tower stories collapsed. North Tower was hit at 8:46 and South Tower was hit at 9:03. Although North Tower was hit first it collapsed after the South Tower did. This was one of the worst tragedies in history.